Nineteen Eighty-Four in popular media

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References to George Orwell's 1949 dystopian political novel Nineteen Eighty-Four themes, concepts and plot elements are also frequent in other works, particularly popular music and video entertainment. While the novel is technically public domain under United Kingdom copyright, it is still copyrighted in the United States and as such most uses of it are as non-infringing metaphors.

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References on stage

A successful new adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four (by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan), which twice toured the UK and played an extended run in London's West End at the Almeida Theatre and Headlong, have been staged. A Broadway presentation of the stage adaptation was scheduled to open on 22 June 2017 at the Hudson Theatre. [1]

References in film

References on television

References in books

References in comics

Albums

Songs

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Samples from Nineteen Eighty-Four

  • Skinny Puppy uses samples from Nineteen Eighty-Four in "The Centre Bullet", "I don't mean confessing. Confessing isn't betrayal. I mean feelings. If they can make me change my feelings, if they can stop me from loving you, that would be real betrayal." [20] and also in "Carry" from the album "Back And Forth 3 & 4" [21] [ better source needed ]


References in video games

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